An analysis of substrate selection by postlarval American lobsters, Homarus americanus, using a dynamic optimization model

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 554-564

  Barshaw, Diana E ^a,b   Rich, Donald R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN LOBSTER; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; SETTLEMENT; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

DECAPODA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0031472112     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546629     Document Type: Article

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